Sliding box camera obscura

Sliding box camera obscura

Camera

Sliding box camera obscura

ca. 1840
Wood, metal, and glass
Overall (closed): 4 5/8 × 5 3/8 × 11 5/8 in. (11.8 × 13.6 × 29.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionPortable camera obscura, and meniscus landscape lens with rack and pinion focus and two pivoting stops.
Inscriptions [no inscriptions]

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